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Wholesome Wellness

““Shall you reign because you enclose yourself in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, And do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him. He judged the cause of the poor and needy; Then it was well. Was not this knowing Me?” says the LORD.” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭22:15-16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/jer.22.15-16.nkjv When the scriptures ascribed little profit to bodily exercise and fitness, it merely underscores the tendency for a mis-placement of priority in human pursuit of wellness. A focus on the physical wellness of personal prosperity often has much more than human resources in life can handle. For example, the drive for career security, economic stability, and family independence represents a sufficient battle of the fittest in life. Whereas, those who have succeeded with reasonable level of fit would readily attest to the experience of wayward wellness in personal prosperity. Unfortunately like the king of Judah, many are bereft of an appropriate response to the life...

Moral Mentality

““Shall you reign because you enclose yourself in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, And do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭22:15‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/jer.22.15.nkjv What the world meant by the conception that ' absolute power and position corrupt absolutely ' may not be far from the description of a man whose senses are influenced by material prosperity. This is because every normal man appears to lose his control of the expected sense of responsibility to a course bigger than self, especially with increase in material wealth. Whereas, it should have been that every man's obligation to the course of service to humanity is strengthened with material prosperity. Apparently, everyone is handicapped in life without the support or the influence of the Giver of life. Only God's grace enables the retaining of the sense of everyone's moral mentality, even when prosperity attempt to inject the overdose of material intoxi...